ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 270570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALPHA GROVE CENTRE, ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE ALPHA

Facilities provided at the Alpha Grove Centre:Youth ClubInternet cafeCommunity meetingsComputer trainingSchool holiday programmesLegal advice sessionsPlaygroups

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,882 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £102,436 and expenditure of £84,554. Per the trustees' report, free reserves strengthened to £231,571, which the trustees confirm remains above the minimum required under their updated 2023 reserves policy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: risk-based approach (held: £232k)
The Trustees reviewed and updated the reserves policy in September 2023 to reflect the current risk landscape. This updated policy continues to focus on a risk-based approach, identifying key risk factors and determining appropriate reserve levels to cover these risks. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£102k£85k
31/03/2024£111k£83k
31/03/2023£204k£105k
31/03/2022£63k£62k
31/03/2021£62k£81k

Common questions

Is ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,882 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £102,436 and expenditure of £84,554. Per the trustees' report, free reserves strengthened to £231,571, which the trustees confirm remains above the minimum required under their updated 2023 reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2005£5kDance Workshop
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/04/2002£5k"Alpha Grove Is A Community Centre Owned And Used By The Residents Of The Barkantine Estate In Millwall. They Will Use The Award To Help Fund"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST£102k0aboveno doubt
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2024£190k0aboveno doubt
THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL) FY2025£1.6m0aboveno doubt
THE GROVE TRUST FY2023£183k0unclearno doubt
OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£215k0belowno doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£154k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.